Digestive System Diseases

Question 1

Gingivitis

Answer 1

Strep. mutans (B)

Bleeding while brushing

Question 2

Periodontitis

Answer 2

Porphymonas (B)

Inflammation of gums

Question 3

Trench mouth

Answer 3

Painful chewing, halitosis

Question 4

Staphylococcal food poisoning

Answer 4

Staph aureus (B)
Major vomiting!

Question 5

Shigellosis

Answer 5

Shigella (B)

Up to 20 bowel movements in one day, cramping, fever

Question 6

Salmonellosis

Answer 6

Salmonella (B)

Moderate fever, diarrhea

Question 7

Typhoid fever

Answer 7

Salmonella typhi (B)
104 F fever, spread through feces

Question 8

Cholera

Answer 8

Vibrio cholerae (B)
Rice-water stools

Question 9

Traveler’s diarrhea

Answer 9

E. coli (B)

Watery diarrhea usu after travel to foreign countries

Question 10

Peptic ulcers

Answer 10

Heliconacter pylori (B)
Gastric and duodenal ulcers

Question 11

Clostridium dificle-associated diarrhea

Answer 11

Clostridium difficile (B)
Colitis/diarrhea

Question 12

Mumps

Answer 12

Mumps virus

Inflammation of parotid glands

Question 13

Hep A

Answer 13

Hep A virus

Loss of appetite, fever, chills, jaundice

Question 14

Hep B

Answer 14

Hep B virus

Loss of appetite, joint pain, chronic is associated with increase chance of liver cancer

Question 15

Hep C

Answer 15

Hep C virus

Cirrhosis or liver cancer

Question 16

Viral gastroenteritis

Answer 16

Rotovirus

Low grade fever, week of diarrhea and vomiting

Question 17

Giaridiasis

Answer 17

Giardia lambia (P)
Sulfur odor in breath and stool

Question 18

Tapeworms

Answer 18

Taenia (A)

Cysticercosis

Question 19

Pinworms

Answer 19

Enterobius vermicularis (A)
Itching in anus

Question 20

Trichinellosis

Answer 20

Trichinella spiralis (A)
Swelling around eyes, upset stomach, hemmorhages under fingernails

Question 21

Dental caries

Answer 21

Streptococcus mutans (B)
Tooth decay